Long-term aspen cover change in the western US

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 299, Issue , 2013, Pages 52-59

  Kulakowski, Dominik ^a   Kaye, Margot W ^b   Kashian, Daniel M ^c  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Populus tremuloides; Quaking aspen; Rocky Mountain forests; Spatial scale; Temporal scale

Indexed keywords

POPULUS TREMULOIDES; QUAKING ASPENS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SPATIAL SCALE; TEMPORAL SCALE;

DEFORESTATION;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION OUTBREAK; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION COVER;

BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; FORESTS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 84878117854     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.01.004     Document Type: Article

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